This is a wonderful thing you've got here, Tony. Hats off to you!
I was wondering if there are any similar high-tech softwares out there. Don't get me wrong, your program is going to be of big help for the fundamentals, but I have to make an appealing presentation to some people, and...
Tony, that was brilliant!
I'd like to know if there is a software that I could get which would enable me to run simulations of an extra body added to the solar system?
To Dave:
Your guess is almost right. Some of the best science fiction plots are contrived. And fiction is what it is: Fiction. I'm not going to use any cliches here, but all fiction requires a certain degree of supension of disbelief.
But I am extremely grateful for the help that I've...
To Mawm:
I'm still a novice at this, but I have to ask you this, said twin planet would disturb the other planets as much as Earth does which, if I assume correctly, is trivial.
Query: Would said disturbance of the resonance be catastrophic and if so what kind of timeframe are we talking...
To Russ:
What quality should the twin planet possesses to near-neutralize Jupiter's alignment-perturbing ability? that is, to render the "misalignment" extremely insignificant. I'm aware this question might sound dumb. Let's say, I'm a recent convert to the fascinating world of...
Thanks Russ and Pixel
To DH: Ok...so if I understand correctly, what you're implying is, generally speaking the paths of near-Earth asteroids would go awry, maybe even crash into the twin planet, or maybe the twin planet would mess with their trajectory enough to cause them to eventually...
Imagine if there were another planet similar in mass and volume to Earth on a parallel orbit, on the other side of the sun.
Would such a planet disturb the equilibrium of the solar system?
And if there were indeed such a planet, how would its existence be known to humans?
I believe...